Author: Kate Millett

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I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over into international politics.

I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over into international politics.

- Kate Millett

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

- Kate Millett

Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard.

Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard.

- Kate Millett

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning.

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning.

- Kate Millett

Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

- Kate Millett

Everybody believes in psychiatry; it's supposed to be for our own good. Let psychiatry prove that anybody has an illness, and I'd concede, but there is no physical proof.

Everybody believes in psychiatry; it's supposed to be for our own good. Let psychiatry prove that anybody has an illness, and I'd concede, but there is no physical proof.

- Kate Millett

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?

- Kate Millett

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history.

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history.

- Kate Millett

A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression.

A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression.

- Kate Millett

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